Gamete and embryo donation, although technically fairly straightforward, are psychologically, emotionally and socially complex, having significant impact on parents and donor offspring. The activity follows a pathway that can be distinguished in multiple phases, each characterized by specific choices and dilemmas for which no standard solutions are available (Figure 1). The expectations, belief...

The Ethics Committee supports disclosure from parents to offspring about the use of donor gametes in their conception. The merits of further disclosure are discussed, and suggestions are made for policies for programs and sperm banks.

Lindsay Cooper is a twenty-six-year-old graduate student studying to become a physician's assistant.' By the fall of her second year, Lindsay had accumulated $150,000 in debt due to loans for her education, living expenses, two credit cards, and a recent loan needed to make her car lease payments. After weeks of passing an advertisement seeking "dreammakers" conveniently posted on a bulletin bo...

Many treatments for infertility require the use of donated gametes or embryos. Arguments have been made that all parties involved (donors, recipients, and children) should have open access to information about one another. The present article reports a survey of attitudes of 77 donors and 327 recipients in the state of Western Australia. Donors and recipients endorsed a register of nonidentifyi...

An increasing number of babies are being born using donated sperm, where the child lacks a genetic link to the father, or donated eggs, where the child lacks a genetic link to the mother. This study examined the impact of telling children about their donor conception on mother-child relationships and children's psychological adjustment. Assessments of maternal positivity, maternal negativity, m...

STUDY QUESTION What is the nature of the relational status, reproductive choices and possible regret of a pioneer cohort of women that either considered or actually performed oocyte banking for anticipated gamete exhaustion (AGE)? SUMMARY ANSWER Only half of the women who banked oocytes anticipate using them in the future but the experience with oocyte banking is overwhelmingly positive, with...